# Paris hosts Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games (2024)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/2024-paris-hosts-summer-olympic-and-paralympic-games
Location: Paris and France

France hosted a major global sporting event centered on Paris and venues across the country. Within the broader Fifth Republic period, The 1958 Constitution created a stronger presidency and a durable Fifth Republic. Decolonization, European integration, social change, economic shocks and recurring debates over identity, secularism and the role of the state have shaped contemporary France. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Emmanuel Macron (President of the French Republic). Paris hosts Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games mattered because cultural and intellectual institutions helped shape French identity and France’s influence beyond its borders. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Paris hosts Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games mattered because cultural and intellectual institutions helped shape French identity and France’s influence beyond its borders.

Ruler at the time: [Emmanuel Macron](https://history-france.com/rulers/emmanuel-macron)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Paris hosts Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Paris+hosts+Summer+Olympic+and+Paralympic+Games&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Paris hosts Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Paris+hosts+Summer+Olympic+and+Paralympic+Games)
- [Élysée — Institutions of the Fifth Republic](https://www.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/the-institutions)